Nonstop flight route between Prague, Czech Republic and Oakham, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG), Prague, Czech Republic and RAF Cottesmore (OKH), Oakham, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 666 miles (or 1,072 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and RAF Cottesmore, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG):

• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport handled 10,974,196 passengers last year.
• The airport has an excellent location both with respect to its short distance from the centre of Prague and within the European area.
• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) has 3 runways.
• An online petition organised by one of the best-known Slovak film directors, Fero Fenič, calling on the government and the Parliament to rename Prague Ruzyně Airport to Václav Havel International Airport attracted – in just one week after 20 December 2011 – the support of over 65,000 signatories both within and outside the Czech Republic.
• The closest airport to Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of PRG.
• The furthest airport from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,771 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• As the capacity of the airport has been reaching its limit for the last couple of years, further development of the airport is being considered.
• In addition the Civil Aviation Authority also has its head office on the airport property.
• In addition to being known as "Prague Vaclav Havel Airport", another name for PRG is "Letiště Václava Havla Praha".
• In 2004, the airport served 9.7 million passengers.

Facts about RAF Cottesmore (OKH):

• The furthest airport from RAF Cottesmore (OKH) is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), which is located 11,813 miles (19,011 kilometers) away in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
• RAF Cottesmore (OKH) currently has only 1 runway.
• However, with the outbreak of war, the aircraft and crews were sent to locations in the north and west, as enemy air attacks were expected over the southern half of England.
• The closest airport to RAF Cottesmore (OKH) is East Midlands Airport (EMA), which is located 29 miles (47 kilometers) WNW of OKH.
• Because of RAF Cottesmore's relatively low elevation of 463 feet, planes can take off or land at RAF Cottesmore at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The badge appears on the nameplate of the LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado steam locomotive that was named by HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall on 19 February 2009.
• In 1957 it was announced that Cottesmore would became a base for aircraft of the V bomber force, carriers of Britain's nuclear deterrent.